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North Korea calls Trump's threats a 'declaration of war' and threatens to shoot down US bombers

North Korea's foreign minister called President Donald Trump's comments at the UN General Assembly a clear "declaration of war" that would lead the country to trying to shoot down US strategic bombers even if they're not in North Korea's airspace, according to the BBC.

North Korea Foreign Minister Ri Yong Ho spoke with reporters in New York, saying, "The whole world should clearly remember it was the US who first declared war on our country."

"Since the United States declared war on our country, we will have every right to make countermeasures, including the right to shoot down United States strategic bombers even when they are not inside the airspace border of our country," Ri said.

The North Korean statement referred to Trump telling the UN that if the US is "forced to defend itself or its allies, we will have no choice but to totally destroy North Korea."

Trump said in the same speech that Kim Jong Un, North Korea's leader, was a "rocket man" who was "on a suicide mission for himself and for his regime."

"If Trump thinks that he would bring North Korea, a nuclear power, to its knees through nuclear war threat, it is a big miscalculation and ignorance," read North Korea's statement.

Trump and Kim have been locked in a war of words since Trump threatened to respond to further North Korean provocations with "fire and fury" in mid August.